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Steam locomotive Barber will transport passengers along the track to mark the anniversary A railway heritage group is marking a narrow-gauge line's 40th anniversary with a showcase of locomotives.

Rail enthusiasts are preparing to remember the forty years since the British Rail line from Alston to Haltwhistle closed. South Tynedale Railway now runs the three and a half mile line and received a ...

Forty years ago the last train trundled along the South Tyne Valley line linking Alston in Cumbria with Haltwhistle in Northumberland. May 1, 1976, was a wet day and Alston Station was bedecked in ...

Funding from the decision to axe the HS2 railway line will be reallocated to ensure the Tavistock to Bere Alston line can reopen. It will mean that Tavistock railway station is set to see trains ...

A STEAM railway tourist attraction based in Alston has received a grant to help keep it going during the pandemic. The South Tynedale Railway attraction, which runs engines along the old narrow gauge ...

A railway heritage group is marking a narrow-gauge line's 40th anniversary with a showcase of locomotives. Operating from Alston in Cumbria, South Tynedale Railway opened in 1983, seven years after ...